There are certain aspects of streaming culture that disturb me. “Content” is a word that properly describes what is created from this activity; a word
Tag: Horror
Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy Continues with Part 2: 1978. See the poster and watch the trailer here!
watched the first part of Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy and are ready for more? Here’s a new sneak peak! Netflix debuted the official trailer and
Film Review: BLOCK Z
At 28, Mikhail Red is at the height of his career. Imagine, he showed off his directing chops to the whole nation when he became
Pet Sematary: A welcome resurrection
It’s a tried and tested formula for horror movies: the “be careful what you wish for.” The trope itself carries a pathos to it. Its
Eeerie: Paved with good intentions
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” I am reminded of these lines in thinking of a throughline for the Mikhail Red-directed horror
Review: SALVAGE, a Genre Exercise in Subversion
Warning: Full spoilers ahead. “Te, kailangan ba kitang isama sa frame?” [“Sister, do I have to include you in the frame?”] Barbie (Barbie Capacio), the make-up artist, asks between screams, as
Fatal Frame
There are certain conditions in which tadalafil mastercard we can help alleviate stress, medically, naturally and scientifically. The chief characteristic of Erectile Dysfunction is one
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is having its Philippine premiere at this year’s QCIFF. See screening schedules here. This review is taken from
Sanctissima
Sanctissima is easily the best amongst the the other short films it screened alongside with, as part of Cinemalaya’s Shorts A block. This is not
Poltergeist
In the whole, the original “Poltergeist” film is about suburban chaos—an almost-palpable, truly American dread that has the film’s creators, Spielberg and Hooper, jump in on
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
You’ve seen one. You’ve seen them all. Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story is an off-universe tale from the Youtube series Marble Hornets, which is
The Taking of Deborah Logan
The collective torment in The Taking of Deborah Logan creeps back to an unenviable happenstance, one that does not enter Adam Robitel’s frames but reverberates
The ABCs of Death 2
The ABCs of Death anthologies do not necessarily invite to winnow of treasures on a proverbial pile of manure; they encourage its viewers, instead (for
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
The well-oiled mechanics of James Watkins‘ The Woman in Black (’12) see an unintentional “advent” of the so-called “modern tactics” in ghost stories of markedly classicist forms. Taking
Tragic Theater
Rape is a difficult subject of conversation, but demonic possession is not. In fact there is a glut of stories and accounts concerning the occult on
Shake, Rattle & Roll XV
Of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival, since the film series’ awakening from its lengthy dormancy until ‘05, Shake, Rattle & Roll is bestowed upon
Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2
A modest slice of entertainment, “Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2” is a return to the communal fun of adventures like Gagamboy (’03) and Magic Temple (1996).
Starry Eyes
Starry Eyes begins with a deceptively auspicious start—an obsessed starlet (played by Alex Essoe) stumbles to her first acting job—relying on studious atmospherics that evoke
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
It is from the fest circuits of ’04 and ’05 that Paul Etheredge-Outzs’s film Hellbent is unwarrantedly announced as “the first homoerotic slasher.” However, cultists who
